The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry

The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry (ISSN: 2333-7281) is a peer-reviewed journal which advances the understanding, development, and application of contemplative and introspective methods in order to serve a vision of higher education as an opportunity for cultivating personal and social awareness and an exploration of meaning, values, and engaged action. The development of critical first-person perspectives and alternative ways of knowing allows everyone in higher education to examine their own experience in relationship to the material they study, transforming their understanding of how their work, study, and actions affect the wider world.

If members prefer to access the journal through the regular JOCI website instead of the member portal, a free subscription can be requested by contacting Carrie Bergman at carrie@contemplativemind.org.

Individual and institutional subscriptions are available through the JOCI website.

Individual subscriptions (for those who are not ACMHE members) are $45.00 per year. (ACMHE membership dues are self-selected, starting at $35.00 per year. To learn more about the ACMHE and to join, please visit acmhe.org.)

Call for Papers

We seek to publish work that builds bridges between the emerging field of contemplative education, broadly defined, and best practices in the wider Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), student life, faculty development, leadership studies, and related areas. Particularly welcomed are submissions that align with the mission of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society to further compassion and social justice in all aspects of higher education and in our world more widely.

Articles should describe and analyze specific developments and applications of contemplative practice and inquiry relevant to higher education. We seek papers that consider the context of the scholarship and practices described (e.g., type of institution, class size, student demographics and identity, traditions of contemplative practice), and we support the representation of diverse contemplative approaches and methods. Articles are evaluated against the following criteria:

1. Clarity and extent of the description and analysis of the contemplative practice/inquiry used
2. Suitability for a broad, interdisciplinary academic audience
3. Potential impact on teaching, learning, and the broader cultures and social contexts of higher education
4. Quality of the writing
5. Consideration of relevant literature and research, including publications in earlier issues of JOCI
6. Quality of the analysis or assessment.

Expected Length of articles is roughly 7,500 words.

Reflections may include personal essays, research notes, literature reviews, opinion pieces, and creative/artistic presentations of material, including controversial or challenging material. Reflections should engage substantive issues in the field and are evaluated with the same criteria used for Articles, as applicable to the piece. Expected length of Reflections is roughly 3,000 words.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submissions must be original works not previously published and not currently under review by other publications.

Papers should be suitable for a broad, interdisciplinary audience.

There are no fees assessed for publication.

JOCI operates a blind peer review process during which the identities of the author and the reviewers are concealed. Please be sure to remove your name (and the names of any co-authors) from your manuscript text and the file’s properties.

Please use APA format for your citations. All submissions must include references.

TO SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT

Register with the journal. During registration, you must select the option to enroll as an author.
If you are already registered but have not enrolled as an author, you must edit your profile and select this option before beginning the submission process.